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While many Americans believe that jury duty is a civic obligation, others will go to great lengths in order to get out of it. One method is to take the late George Carlin’s advice and tell the counselors “I can spot a guilty person like that!” and snap your fingers.
Another option is to pull the sugar daddy card.
That was precisely what one Florida woman did recently as the penalty phase is set to commence in the Parkland school shooting case where Nikolas Cruz was found guilty of the premeditated murder of 14 students and three staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.
What lay before the murderer now is a sentencing trial in which either the death penalty or life in prison without parole will be handed down for his crimes.
But a woman known only as Mrs. Bristol cannot be bothered with any deliberations as a member of the killer’s peers.
She told Circuit Court Judge Elizabeth Scherer she would be unavailable for several dates during the trial which is expected to last the entire month of July.
“I’m married, and I have my sugar daddy,” a prospective juror told a Florida judge this week in her bid to get out of serving on Parkland killer Nikolas Cruz’s death penalty jury. https://t.co/7sB6IVcFsW pic.twitter.com/JzH582T6oJ
— Michael Ruiz (@mikerreports) April 6, 2022
“July seventh, July fourth, and July eighteenth. And again, I need to figure out something. I have my sugar daddy that I see every day,” the native New Yorker explained.
“I’m sorry?” Judge Scherer asked.
“My sugar daddy,” Mrs. Bristol replied. “I’m married, and I have my sugar daddy,” she said of her predicament. “I see him every day.”
Perhaps wishing to avoid any further explanation of what they just heard, both counsel and the judge never circled back to Mrs. Bristol and she was summarily dismissed along with 120 other prospective jury members.
A Fort Lauderdale news outlet caught up with Mrs. Bristol a few days after her dismissal, apparently eager for her to elaborate on the unorthodox love triad and its effect on her civic duties.
She told WPLG that a month away from her obligations as the beneficiary of the mystery man could mean the forfeiture of $8,000 a month and the possible loss of her house.
(Video: WPLG/YouTube)
“If I do this case for six months, I have a hardship that means my sugar daddy can’t support me,” she said.
“It’s all day for six-months and what’s my hardship? I need my sugar daddy money. I said to the judge, ‘I have a sugar daddy and I’m married and I have a husband, just like that,’” Bristol said.
The jury selection process for the penalty phase has not been without setbacks for arguably more legitimate reasons.
On Monday, Judge Scherer released a 60-person panel of potential jurors that she declared was tainted by emotional outbursts from several of the members after Cruz, 23, was brought into the courtroom. Additionally, seven women and one man had to be escorted from the premises during another 60-person panel review that same day.
“If you absolutely cannot sit here without breaking down or getting emotional, you can raise your hand,” she admonished those in the room.
“The ladies and gentlemen that have been taken out so far are people that are just so upset that they can’t sit here without getting emotional, and we don’t want to cause trauma for anyone,” Judge Scherer said Monday after the potential jurors were removed.
So far, 147 potential jurors have advanced to a further round of questioning, according to the Daily Mail.
Twelve jurors and eight alternates will ultimately be selected for the penalty phase in which it is expected the defense attorneys will attempt to use Cruz’s brain damage from his mother’s drug and alcohol abuse during pregnancy, allegations of sexual abuse and a long history of mental health problems as mitigating factors in the murderer’s fate.
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17 thoughts on “Rejected Parkland juror says her ‘sugar daddy money’ pays $8,000/mo, needs it to avoid hardship”
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My surprise is the non reaction of the judge!
Let’s ask the IRS if pays income tax on that $8K a month .
THAT would be interesting and then audit MR SUGAR DADDY to make sure he’s not DEDUCTING it as a business expense!! It’s amazing that Florida has such a wide variety of entertainment – there’s something for EVERYONE!
BPR… what the HE _ _ is wrong with this site? Hard to make a comment without getting a LOUD Tommy’s Garage! Did we remove the letter d,e, “_,” _rom the alphabet?
At 73, I still work every day…Maybe I should get me a sugar-granddaddy! That kind of
money
all
non-taxable!
Tax that beotch! She should be paying 34% on that!
The judge certainly looked puzzled!?!
That is sad and pathetic. There obviously are a lot a hard (pun intended) up men out there.
ahh yes. The American way for the useless people.
Hope she’s reporting her $8,000 a month income from her Sugar Daddy to the IRS and paying taxes on the money. And I definitely wouldn’t want her on my jury!
That’s not a good enough excuse. She should have been forced to be there or go to jail, just like anyone else. Instead, she gets a pass based on the color of her skin. This is BS.
When I first read the article I thought I wonder how the husband reacted to this, then I gave that thought up once they interviewed her and I think he probably just says keep up the good work and bring that money home. The saddest part is this woman has children and the example she is setting for them will be their ideal of how society is supposed to work and that a dysfunctional family is a normal way of life.
I now have to ask does BPR own the Tommy’s Garage show as they don’t seem to want to change their format so when you type the letter (F) it goes to a full blown screen of Tommy’s garage. BPR please fix this it happen 4 times while trying to type this comment.
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Any guy Who would pay that thing 8K a month is pretty desperate
SNL could reenact this procedure and not change a word, and most of their audience wouldn’t even know it really happened. They’d think it was a skit written by SNL staff.
That judge is an enabler. I wonder if that slut pays income tax on her supplimental income. Shes probably on section 8 to begin with. But the judge just takes her word for it. Next time itll be , ” Hey judge , Ive got an appointment with a bank on that day. —- Well you will have to change your appointment day then.— I cant Judge. — Why not? —- Well because thats when Wells Fargo comes to the bank and our get away driver isnt available on any other day. See, hes got several other Bank Jobs to pull after that. So we have to pull this job on that day. Not to mention dat wes already gots da front money foe dis one and ifn wes dont dooos it on dat day he gonna make sure wes cant pull any more jobs ats all. —- Ok, well in that case your excused from jury duty. By the way, do you have an attorney to represent you if the job goes awry?—- Not yet Judge. —– Ok well heres a card to my personal attorney. Hes really good.I advise you to get in touch with him. He will have you out and back on the streets in just a few hrs. so that you dont fall behind on your scheduled appointments. Next case please.
“My sugar daddy,” Ms. Bristol replied. “I’m married, and I have my sugar daddy,” she said of her predicament. “I see him every day.”
Perhaps wishing to avoid any further explanation of what they just heard, both counsel and the judge never circled back to Ms. Bristol and she was summarily dismissed along with 120 other prospective jury members.
How do you say typical Democrat? Ms. Bristol or should I say Mrs. Bristol.